Chaubin, Frederic — Cccp: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed
Koln, Taschen, 2011. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with the title in white lettering down a red spine. The free and pasted end pages are illustrated with a red design. Pages: (6), 7-312. Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents are as follows: Foreword / Paul Smith -- Introduction : Cosmic communist constructions photographed / Frédéric Chaubin -- Entertainment and culture: variations on a monumental lyricism : Concert palace, Dushanbe ; River restaurant, Dnepropetrovsk ; Dostoevsky Theater, Veliky Novgorod ; Lenin Palace, Almaty ; Drama theater, Grodno ; Puppet theater, Moscow ; Panorama cinema, Tashkent ; Linnahall; Song festival stage, Tallinn ; Music stage, Dnepropetrovsk, Lenin Memorial, Kazan ; Lenin Memorial; Art museum, Tashkent ; Concert palace, Kazan ; Archaeological museum, Tbilisi ; Rossiya two hall cinema, Yerevan -- Science and technology: power and the dramatization of the future : Academy of Science, Moscow ; Solntse solar furnace, Parkent ; October bazaar, Tashkent ; Armenia reflecting telescope, Byurakan ; TV tower, Riga ; TV tower, Tashkent ; Ministry of highways, Tbilisi ; Cybernetics study center, Saint Petersburg ; Danilovsky Market, Moscow ; Institute of scientific research, Kiev ; Polytechnic Institute; Exhibition center, Minsk ; Air terminal, Zvartnots ; Air terminal, Minsk ; Kek state farm, Rapla ; Leningrad sea terminal, Saint Petersburg ; Administrative building, Chisinau ; Dwelling, Dushanbe ; Dwelling, Dombai ; Dwelling, Dnepropetrovsk ; Air terminal, Riga ; Corn tower, Chisinau -- Sports and youth: the architects cosmic dream : Olympic regatta center, Pirita ; Yacht club; Jubileiny palace of sports, Saint Petersburg ; Swimming pool, Sventoji ; Druzhba sporting hall; Cycling race track, Moscow ; Pioneers' palace, Dnepropetrovsk ; Pioneers' palace, Almaty ; Pioneers' palace, Moscow ; Prototype state farm, Juknaiciai ; Cross-country skiing resort / Otepaa ; Circus, Bishkek ; Prometheus youth camp, Bogatiria ; Bobsleigh stand, Sigulda ; Circus, Kazan ; Circus, Dnepropetrovsk ; Circus, Dushanbe ; Circus, Moscow ; Circus, Tashkent ; Public garden, Dushanbe ; Circus Chisinau. Health and resorts: from seaside phalansteries to hidden villas : Druzhba Sanatorium, Yalta ; Uzbekistan Hotel, Tashkent ; Rest house, Sevan ; Arasan public bath; Kazakhstan Hotel; Sanatorium, Almaty ; Hydrotherapic sanatorium, Druskininkai ; Children's health resort basin, Alder ; Andropov Villa, Valgeranna ; Academy of science cottage, Palanga ; Lipki summer camp, Tula ; Neringa rest house; Zilvinas rest house, Palanga ; Rest house, Gudauri ; Saliyut, Kiev ; Druzhba Hotel, Viborg ; Rigas Hotel, Jurmala ; Villa Auska, Palanga ; Auksines Kopos rest house, Sventoji -- Rites and symbols: theatricality as a vector of emotion : Palace of weddings, Almaty ; Palace of weddings, Bishkek ; Palace of weddings, Kiev ; Church, Klaipeda ; Palace of weddings, Tbilisi ; Palace of weddings, Vilnius ; Park of memory, Kiev ; Batman cornice, Tbilisi ; Ceramic, Tashkent ; Genocide memorial, Yerevan ; Funerarium, Kaunas ; Funerarium, Nida ; Panoramic view-point, Krestovsky ; IX Fort memorial, Kaunas ; House of Soviets, Jaroslavl ; House of Soviets, Kaliningrad ; Fraternity arch, Kiev ; Revival monument, Aparan ; Russian Embassy, Habana ; Grand stand, Tbilisi. VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on the front free end page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on the back end page. Stamp on the top text block.